Edit: you might notice the left out state of West Viriginia...truth is it doenst belong anywhere and no other states want to be associated with it...

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Well first off, you forgot Kansas, but no one really cares Anyway, I think that Nebraska should be in the northern plains, or in what should truly be the Midwest. Geographically, the Midwest should never exist to the east of the Mississippi River. That should be the Ohio River Valley. Just my geographical preferences

Edit: you might notice the left out state of West Viriginia...truth is it doenst belong anywhere and no other states want to be associated with it...

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Arkansas doesn&#39;t really belong in the deep south. I don&#39;t know where it belongs. It is a small state and each section seems to be like the state that it borders. The Ozark Mountians which give Arkansas its itdentiy to many is mountainous and is much more like Missouri. Most people put Arkansas with with either Texas, OK, LA and and call it Southwest or they group Arkansas and La as part of the Southeast.

Arkansas politically is the most liberal state in The South in many ways. The South being the Old Confederacy plus Oklahoma. It is the only state in The old Confederacy to have two Democratic senators and only one Republican member in the House of Respresentatives.

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Originally posted by PonyboyDan@May 7 2005, 09:22 PMI think Alt and I responded with minutes of each other&#33; Although I&#39;m not a native Nebraskan, I do know Nebraska and Oklahoma should not be classified together.

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I definitely agree with you Dan&#33; If anyone with a clue ever pays attention to football rivalries, OU and NU should never be grouped together Also, Oklahomans have an accent while most Nebraskans do not.

Freddie, I kind of agree with you on Arkansas. I just tend to group it into the &#39;South&#39;. It&#39;s mainly the accents that get to me since I&#39;ve met several people from there.

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Originally posted by Altairion+May 7 2005, 10:43 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Altairion &#064; May 7 2005, 10:43 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-PonyboyDan@May 7 2005, 09:22 PMI think Alt and I responded with minutes of each other&#33; Although I&#39;m not a native Nebraskan, I do know Nebraska and Oklahoma should not be classified together.

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I definitely agree with you Dan&#33; If anyone with a clue ever pays attention to football rivalries, OU and NU should never be grouped together Also, Oklahomans have an accent while most Nebraskans do not.

Freddie, I kind of agree with you on Arkansas. I just tend to group it into the &#39;South&#39;. It&#39;s mainly the accents that get to me since I&#39;ve met several people from there.

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There are few states like Arkansas politically. It si a populist state. In 1968, the people of Arkansas on the same day voted for Geroge Wallace the segregationalist candidate. Then they relelected Bill Fullbright to the Senate. Bill
Fulbright is regarded as one of the most influential liberal senators of the 20th century. Then on the same ballot at the same time Arkasnsas reelected Winthrop Rockefeller as Governor. Rockefellor was a progressive Repulican and is one of the few Republicans to get a majority of the black vote anywhere. It was the Black vote that helped him win.

Today the Governor and Lt. Governor are Republicans. The rest of the elected cabinet is Democratic. The Democrats hold a 70 % hold on the legislature. Arkansas is so different from area to area to be so small.

About the accents. It depends on where in Arkansas you are from. Ozark accent is different from the farming area of the state. And the slang is definitely different.

Louisiana is similar to Arkansas in having such diverse cultures within the same state. These two states are hard to place on the map. They seem to both fall in several categories. Are they south, south east, or southwest? They both are put in all three categories. In sports, they both fall into the Southeastern Conference. Though they both are definitely west for everyone else.

I am in Omaha, NE however engaged.
So I wouldn&#39;t be overly interested, that is to say not at all, in meeting for that reason.
I do make it down to Des Moines with a friend of mine sometimes for the weekend.
I have actually spoken to a member on LPSG who lives in Des Moines so that we can meet up for some drinks.
I have no problem meeting anyone from LPSG who is traveling through or is close, so long as its on the understanding that nothing is going to happen on a sexual level. I have always wanted to meet someone who has a size similar to mine in person to talk about it. Chatting is cool and phone is also good but seeing the emotional maneurisms and facial expressions would be golden.

Arkansas doesn't really belong in the deep south. I don't know where it belongs. It is a small state and each section seems to be like the state that it borders. The Ozark Mountians which give Arkansas its identiy to many is mountainous and is much more like Missouri.